Circa Resort Construction is Halfway to Completion

Circa Las Vegas has made impressive progress during its first year of construction, and we’ve got a look at the current state of the new hotel-casino downtown.

The $1.2 billion Circa is expected to open in December 2020. The project broke ground on February 19, 2019.

Downtown’s about to get some new shiny.

Here’s an amazing fun fact about Circa: Since Oct. 3, 2019, Circa has been adding a floor per week.

The 44-story, 500-foot-tall Circa will eventually have 777 rooms, but will open with closer to 500 rooms, plus 71 suites. The final mix of rooms and suites will be based upon demand.

Among the new resort’s features will be what’s billed as the “world’s largest sports book.” Gird your loins, Westgate.

Here’s a look at the space where the sports book will reside when it slides into home. Or something.

They’ll probably spruce it up a bit before opening day.

The three-level Circa sports book, expected to cost about $20 million, will have a 78 million pixel high-definition screen.

Here’s a rendering of the finished product for comparison purposes, reversed angle from the perspective above.

Consider it spruced.

The jewel of Circa will be its rooftop pool complex, with six pools open 365 days a year. It’s projected the pools will be able to serve about 4,000 people a day.

The video screen at the pool will have 14 million pixels.

Here’s the owner of Circa, Derek Stevens, showing off his baby. Stevens and his brother Greg also own The D and Golden Gate.

We were the first to quote Derek Stevens as saying, “Downtown is under-pooled.” He’s determined to remedy that.

Here’s the rendering of what the pool deck will look like when it’s completed.

Good luck escaping the sports at Circa.

It was a blast being among the first to walk around the future Circa casino, where we fully anticipate making regular donations.

Circa will have 1,350 slot machines and 49 table games.

Here’s a “before” shot of Circa’s casino!

Savsies on Wheel of Fortune.

During our tour, we spotted an area we’re pretty sure will be the home of Vegas Vickie upon her much-anticipated return to Fremont Street. She is set to be a featured part of Circa’s
lobby.

The Circa lobby will have a moon roof.

From what we can tell, the Vegas Vickie sign is so tall (40 feet), she’ll actually extend beyond the ceiling of the casino, protruding through an opening in the ceiling.

We couldn’t help but create this weak and entirely speculative image of where Vegas Vickie might go at Circa.

When we asked a friend at Circa which way Vickie’s leg will go, the reply was, “We don’t know.” If they don’t know, we sure as hell don’t.

Our mole got some sweets shots of Vegas Vickie during her renovation at Yesco Signs. She’s got a fresh coat of paint!

If you love classic Vegas signs, this photo gives a whole new meaning to “halfway to completion.”

Across the street from Circa is another key element of the project, deemed Garage Mahal.

The nine-story Garage Mahal structure will hold about 1,200 vehicles, but the big selling point is it’s the first parking garage in Las Vegas to be built around catering to rideshare services like Lyft and Uber.

In Persian, “Mahal” means mansion or palace. Because writing photo captions is hard.

More fun facts: More than 10.75 million pounds of rebar (emphasis on “bar,” because Vegas) have been installed at Circa to-date, as well as 12.2 million pounds of structural steel (emphasis on “pounds,” because you know how we are).

Circa is set to announce more about its bars and five restaurants in the next couple of months. Let’s just say the mix of cuisines will augment the already popular options at The D. Hint: Think “east,” both “coast” and “far.”

We haven’t heard much about non-sports entertainment at Circa, although a stage production called “Circa du Soleil” would have been absolute gold, marketingwise.

How is Circa coming along so quickly? Credit has to go to the stellar efforts of Steelman Partners (architecture and design), McCarthy Building Companies (general contractor) and Tre Builders (construction manager).

Oh, and the construction folks, of course. The total number of construction workers on Circa and Garage Mahal is about 600. Note: Safety vests are hawt. Are we right, ladies?

Oh, like we were going to write this entire story without a single use of the word “erection”? Do you know this blog at all?

Disclosure: We work in digital marketing at Fremont Street Experience as our day job, and The D and Golden Gate are member casinos of that organization. Our opinions are our own.

Update (1/7/20): The first windows have been put into place at Circa.

No panes, no gain.

Enjoy a few more photos of Circa’s construction, several of which are accidentally in focus.

It looks like it will be a great casino/hotel, and the pool will be awesome. The price tag associated with this resort, from room rate to beverages at the pool, will likely discourage me from ever staying there. You don’t build new to cater to the Orleans crowd, be it on the strip or downtown.

But I’m planning to win the lottery this year, so perhaps I’ll book a room for early 2021.

Speaking as a member of the “Orleans crowd,” I’ll stick with Boyd–as long as their players’ club doesn’t go any further downhill. Downtown and the Strip have very little appeal these days. Our Vegas activities now center on several “off-strip” properties, including Orleans, and I’m prepared to drop them too if it comes to that.
Once Circa opens, I’ll check the fee structures carefully; but I don’t expect anything to change.

How tall is the Strat? I know, there’s a north LV airport…. it seems unlikely a downtown district would be so limited due to a small regional airport nearby. I can think of a major city or two with an airfield near the downtown, and it ain’t that problematic to have both skyscrapers and airplanes co-exist. 200 feet doesn’t make much sense to me, but then again, neither do many govt. regulations.

Just another attempt to ignore the fact that there are homeless people in our city. This building is proof that the city of las vegas will not build afforable housing. Oh i forgot housing is for the privileged.

I hope you open another mermaid’s bar, what would be really nice is if someone ooened a 420 friendly area for all the tourist smokers! With all ehat rooftop outdoor space you would think a plan for that would be on the list! A byow socal lounge that doesn’t serve alcohol, Most (not all) stoners aren’t real big drinkers so if someone “Leased” out time at the social room wouldnt that be legal? Kinda like home for a couple hours… good place for a munchie bar too!. Lol

I check in to your blog every couple of months to see what’s happening in my favorite town, thanks for the update on Circa. Looks like they’re doing a great job, and I’m sure that the giant pool/screen deck will draw crowds. Looking forward to booking a stay once they’re open, I usually stay on the strip but will definitely switch it up in 2021.

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